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Trials are usually run on a Saturday and Sunday. Anyone has the option to sweep the field at the end of Saturday, and Sunday morning before the first brace begins in order to even out the field on Sunday since there will be birds left in the field from Saturdays braces. Therefore the first brace cou...

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Thats a bummer. You ought to come down to Oklahoma. We run on some big fields down here.

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Now your just poking the bear.

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No I actually already talked to Keith. He was a super nice guy and told me to call him back any time. Sometimes I just like to get outside opinions. I haven't even decided if I am going to get one from here. I just know they have a good operation, but not sure if they would be good for the NSTRA game.

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If I were looking at getting a dog from Blue Dawn Kennels, what breeding would you guys recommend out of their dogs? I am looking for a good NSTRA candidate. Most likely a male. I have seen a couple of dogs from that kennel and like them real well. I was thinking of having them do the training as we...

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It's your first time so don't expect too much of yourself or your dog. You both don't really know what is going on. Have fun, relax and ask questions.

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It depends. I have a 4 year old female that weighs in around 47 lbs when she is in solid fighting weight. A pup of hers that I have weighs in at 54lbs at fighting weight and is very lean.

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Come on up. We'd love to have you. There's some good competition up here. There is a possibility I may go to one or two in Gulf coast with another guy. Quick question about the judging down there. In that trial I ran out in Ennis, this fall they had some judges from the Gulf Coast. They would not ke...

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There's really no difference between hunting lines and FT lines. All of your hunting dogs have FT lines in them. The difference in size usually comes from German lines vs. American lines. The German lines are excellent for your average foot hunters because the hunt at comfortable range, and have exc...

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I ran one trial down there this fall. It was a horrible weekend. There was so much ragweed none of the dogs could smell anything. It was the lowest scoring placements I have ever seen. I will be running at least one trial in Lone Star, Mckinney Texas and maybe one more in May. What about you.

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Hey Romeo, The post that she responded to was FUNNY!! Some of you are WAY too serious... :lol: BTW, if I ever had a Pointer puppy that looked like that yellow thing it would never see the light of day!! ...and I certainly wouldn't be posting pictures of the freak all over the Internet!! :oops: "Hey...

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Some people cannot have a nice decent conversation without cutting others down. Geez the ego's of some people. hopefully no one ever comes and knocks you off of your pedestal, because if so, the long fall down will kill you.

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I wild bird hunt and run NSTRA trials with equal enthusiasm, and take every opportunity to do both. Even though the wild bird numbers have been down here in OK the last few years, I love coming back to the truck at the end of the day with wild birds in the game bag. Even if it is only the few. I enj...

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We just got in from a WMA and it was tough. Had some good conditions this morning and moved a couple of nice coveys but the walking was tough. Once it heated up to 73 and all the moisture dried up, and the wind started really blowing it seemed like we were wasting our time. Picked up a couple of sca...

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If GSP's no longer exist. I choose Pointers. Heck I may get me a pointer anyways.

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How could you not like her? Look at that face.

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8 cups of food per day is way too much. Are you feeding once a day or more than once a day? An 87 lb GSP is huge. Even your big ones don't usually get much over 60 lbs. My heaviest one weighs about 50 lbs and at the very most she gets 4 cups of food a day, and that's before a trial or hunt. I would ...

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I meant on the M2000

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Dogs having loose stools in the mornings during a hunt is natural. They have been riding in a box for a while likely, are excited about going somewhere new and are out running hard right off the bat, so everything in the intestine is getting jolted around. I personally would not worry about the immo...

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I know what you mean, but I've been out several days quail hunting and come back with a big goose egg. Thats why they call it hunting and not killing.

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Looks like a blast. Where are you from? Im excited about this spring season. My NSTRA dogs just don't know how to hunt cover either. Somebody better tell them quick because they both keep finding birds in cover and hunting objectives like a hunting dog. You got some good looking dogs. I love the int...

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You've got mine. I don't understand how someone can let a dog limp around for 3 weeks. But that's not the important thing now. We're pulling for him.

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1100's are good guns, dads is reliable but like chaingang said a few jamming issues, but its an older gun too, remington 1187 is a good autoloader too, alot like the 1100's, i duck hunt with a stoeger m2000 and i love it, it has a little trouble cycling low brass, but 3" shells never a problem, als...

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May I ask what venue you run your dogs in? Great pics. I am taking mine out Saturday. Going to hunt along a river and see how it goes.

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Montana. I would love to spend a week up there hunting everything they have. Huns, Chukars, Sharpies. The country is so beautiful up there. That is where I plan on retiring.

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Down compared to 10 years ago, absoltely. But people have been having a great deal more success, if you know where to go.

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That's right. Some lines. And you believe that the other traits trained for are connected directly to the retrieving trait. Maybe you are right, maybe not but I don'tbase my opinions on other's opinions without some hard fact. I can see where you are headed with your line of thought and I believe th...

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I recently bred my double Guard Rail bitch to our great sire Top Hat not because she was the best trial dog ever, even though she did place in every stake she was entered in. I bred her because she has heart, drive and showed the intelligence that makes a real bird dog. A double Guard Rail bred bit...

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Let me just ask this Quetion how many NSTRA dogs or any other trial venue dogs are natural retrievers? Any dog can be force fetched so whether a retrieve is required or not is pointless in my book. Any dog can be force broke? I would say most dogs can be force broke. I have seen some that it just w...

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romeo next time you are about to type that AF dogs can't retrieve just reflect for a moment about how bent out of shape you are right now over something that no one said. I never said AF dogs cannot retrieve. I said many AF dogs are not bred for the retrieving trait because many AF and AKC trials t...

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To say a nstra dog does not know how to work wild birds is rediculous. How much wild bird hunting do you think Nolan had time for? Not much would be my guess. Have you ever tried to do the math on how many trials it would take to win 32 Championships?? I have! Well given that the NSTRA trial season...

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I agree totally. That is why i spend as much time as possible wild bird hunting my dogs during the season as possible. It can only serve to better them both in competition and the wild bird fields. Ultimately as Ezzy said. What we ought to be striving for and producing for is bird hunting machines t...

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weatherby makes good stuff. I say go for it.

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I have heard less than stellar reviews on the G3. In my opinion for the money I would really look into the beretta. I am buying the beretta 3901 for myself. $547.00 at wal mart and you are getting beretta quality. And it actually fits me. I find the remington 100 stocks do not fit me. The Stock is t...

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They seem to be very well made. If I werent so cheap I would buy a couple rather than making mine out of plastic barrels.

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I really like the third one.

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I will be buying myself a Beretta 391. I am rather excited. By the way, I'm very jealous of your lithographs.

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I read that dizzying the birds can be great if you're on the CC, but not so good off the CC, allowing the dog to jump in on a lazy bird. Has anyone found tucking the head under the wing helpful/useful? Well that depends on if your dog is steady. I don't worry about it with mine but I might with a y...

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NO PHISICAL REPRIMAND SHOULD EVER BE USED ON A YOUNG DOG,PERIOD. Sorry but I have to disagree with this. Puppies are reprimanded physically even by their mother at times. While I feel it should be kept at a minimum, nipping or biting should never be tolerated and should be corrected physically. Tha...

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I can see the endurance issue because the opportunity to prove it is not there in a NSTRA trial so that makes some sense to me. But then again most people I know that trial are bird hunters also and hunt wild birds hard throughout the year. I don't know if you have ever hunted in Oklahoma but there ...

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Get him a little bird vest and hat to wear when out training with you. Or maybe some brush pants. When you shoot a bird over a dog let him keep it in his vest.

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In the end, a good dog is a good dog and the good ones will excel in whatever game their owner chooses to put them down in. Romeo the problem with breeding NSTRA to NSTRA is that the minimum standard to win at the game is much lower than in the AKC or AF events. Therefore over time you will see a d...

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Yeah. Dave right? You took first in the last OK trial in Enid this fall. I came to NSTRA through John George. Name's Roman. I just bought that Pepper dog from him and was running that young liver GSP named Laney. I believe we talked a bit at that Enid trial. How are things lookin' for you this spring?

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Explain to me exactly what qualities will be diminished by breeding within the NSTRA lines as opposed to AF lines. And if the best NSTRA dogs come from AF lines then wouldn't breeding two good NSTRA dogs be the same as breeding two AF dogs?

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Duane Let me start by saying that I have enjoyed several threads that you were in on that was about breeding of pointers. I respect your knowledge of the breeding of field trial pointers. I have a NSTRA champion dog that would be considered pretty average among the better NSTRA dogs. I don't travel...

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The question is not would they? The question is could they? And yes, NSTRA is becoming popular enough that while many lines are coming from field bred lines I am starting to see more and more dogs being bred and bought based on the qualities they posess based on the NSTRA format within the NSTRA org...

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I don't think you can take a NSTRA Champion and win in American Field trials. I will also say I don't think you will take an American Field Champion in win in NSTRA. If you don't agree with my second statement, don't tell me. Just show me. Dave There are some that are capable of both. Joe's Little ...

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I will say I have never said almost broke or kind of broke. I say steady to flush, or broke to flush.

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In my opinion any dog who is able to consistently place and win enough to earn enough points to become a champion is a proven dog. The logic about a dog's champion title only counting in a champion or elimination trial is flawed in my opinion from personal experience. There is a dog that runs in our...

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No you have lost your mind! Broke is broke period. Staunch is what a dog should teach itself. Dogs do not teach themselves to be staunch. Your average dog teaches itself to be staunch until the handler goes into for the flush. Your average bird dog will go in with the hunter and not remain steady t...

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